ABSTRACT The topic was about payment and condition of service as determinant on the performance among Universal Primary Education a case study ofBulamagi Sub County The objectives of the study include finding out when payments are effected, the performance of teachers and the relationship between payment and performance The methodology was the survey design, the research was a descriptive research where both qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collections were used. The population of teachers is 383 and the head teacher are 23 but the 44 was used representing all whole population The instruments used included Questionnaires, Interviews and Focus Group Discussion to obtain data from the respondents. The study concluded that salary comes late, but still teachers worker because they are coerced by the district officials and the performance is relatively high The recommendations of the study say that that the government should practice routine performance appraisal in terms of quarterly, semi annually and annual performance appraisal, use· all other measures to improve performance including motivation in terms of promotion, increased salaries and wages and improves working conditions on top of paying with in the month
